Government advisers are to consider whether the HPV vaccine, routinely offered to girls at the ages of 12 and 13 since 2008 to help protect them against cervical cancer, should also be offered to boys and some men.
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See AllThe start of the new school year comes with the news that boys aged 12 and 13 will for the first time, be offered an HPV vaccination
More than 100,000 cases of cancer will be prevented under plans to give boys the HPV jab as well as girls, health officials have said. Peter Baker, campaign director for HPV Action, said: "We made the